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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

A Valentine for Winter

I love winter.
I know there are lots of folks who don't like it one bit and that is okay.
For
me, winter has always been magical and a little bit mysterious. I love
the beauty of a snowfall, the glistening and sparkling that happens on a
calm moonlit night.
The dazzling brilliance of a white blanketed, blue sky day.
Winter sunrises....such beautiful, delicate light.
Snowflakes, brisk air, sleeping forests.
It's
also a time of great creativity. The tasks of summer are all done until
the next season. Everything is at rest and there is time to turn inward
and let all those creative sparks grow into ideas and visions.
In the heat and loud fecundity of summer, I dream of the coldest, quietest season.
Here is a little offering for winter.
A valentine.

I assembled the box, setting aside the arch front. Painted the interior of the box and cut papers for the exterior.

You can see here, I was playing with various bits and decided on mot everything but the clock to add to the piece.

I used the Bead Strand Heart Dangle for the main focal point in the box, painting it a delicate pink and adding pearly details and a little sparkle.

In
the picture below, you can see the little dot details I added to the
inside rear of the box ( I used a Sharpie Poster paint Marker) and then
added snowflakes from the Winter Shape Set and the Snowflake Shape Set
popping them up a bit with foam core poster board. I did the same thing
with the Bead Strand Heart Dangle, but used more foam core, setting it
up closer to the front of the box.

After
I got the major players glued down and dried, I attached the arch front
of the box and then began playing with the placement of the trees and
exterior snowflakes, adding little dots of 'snow' with my marker in the
background on the arch front.

I
added flat back pearls to the center of each snowflake with the
exception of the one in the center of the big heart. That one I covered
with glitter and glued a Swarovski flat back crystal to the center.
I
glued a white painted candle holder to the bottom, but thought it was a
bit too low. I had a tin Jello mold sitting on my desk and impulsively
painted it white, turned it upside down and glued it to the candlestick.
Perfect! A little bit whimsical and rustic.

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